V São Paulo Bienal, Brazil, Sala Torres-García, September–December 1959, no. 8. Traveled to: Centro de Artes y Letras de El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21–April 17, 1960.

1967 Museo Torres-García

Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay, Selección de cuadros y maderas, July 28–October 31, 1967, no. 13, ill.

1970 The National Gallery of Canada

The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Joaquín Torres García 1874-1949, October 2–November 1, 1970, no. 24, ill., p. 57. Traveled to: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, December 12, 1970–January 31, 1971; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, February 16–March 31, 1971.

1973 Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo

Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Exposición Antológica Torres-García, April–May 1973, no. 79. Traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain, June 1973.

1977 Meredith Long & Company

Meredith Long & Company, Houston, Works by Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, April 14–30, 1977, no. 525, ill. Traveled to: Meredith Long Contemporary, New York, November 12–December 1, 1977.

1985–86b Hayward Gallery

Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 50, ill., p. 45. Traveled to: Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain, March 13–May 4, 1986; Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany, June 28–August 17, 1986; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, September 14–November 9, 1986; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, February 14–April 5, 1987.

1987–88 Musee de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

Musee de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, Le siècle de Picasso, October 1987–January 1988, no. 54, ill., p. 108. Traveled to: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, January 29–March 13, 1988.

1989 MFAH

Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, The Private Eye, June 11–August 13, 1989.

1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, J. Torres-García, June 18–August 21, 1991, no. 81, ill., p. 123. Traveled to: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Centre Julio González, Spain, September 5–November 10, 1991.

1992–93 Centre Georges Pompidou

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Art d'Amérique latine: 1911- 1968, November 12, 1992–January 11, 1993, ill., p. 329.

1993 Museum Ludwig

Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Latinamerikanische Kunst im 20 Jahrhundert, February 8–April 25, 1993, ill., p. 152.

2009 MFAH

Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, Joaquín Torres-García: Paintings in Houston Collections, September 6–November 29, 2009.

2010–11 MFAH

Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, Cosmopolitan Routes: Houston Collects Latin American Art, October 24, 2010–February 6, 2011, ill., p. 25, plate 3.

2013 The University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin, Blanton Museum of Art, Texas, Through the Eyes of Texas: Masterworks from Alumni Collections, February 24–May 19, 2013, ill., p. 86.

Published References

Torres-García 1944a

Torres-García, Joaquín. Universalismo Constructivo. Buenos Aires: Poseidón, 1944, ill.

de Torre 1959

de Torre, Guillermo. 37 Obras Comprendidas en el Período 1929-1947. Montevideo: Museo Torres García, 1959, ill. no. 20, Dated 1931.

Torrens 1959a

Torrens, Maria Luisa. "Significación del Taller Torres García." El País (Montevideo), 1959, ill.

Torroella 1975

Torroella, Santos. "Con Mondrian al Fondo." "Extraordinario Dedicado al Pintor Torres-García." Mundo Hispánico (Madrid), no. 326 (May 1975), ill. p. 69.

Bozal 1992

Bozal, Valeriano. Pinturas y esculturas Españolas del siglo XX (1900-1939). Summa Artis, Historia General del Arte. Vol. XXXVI. Madrid: Espasa Calipe, 1992, ill. p. 534.

Braun 1993

Braun, Barbara. "Joaquín Torres-García: The Alchemical Grid." In Pre-Columbian Art and the Post-Columbian World, Ancient American Sources of Modern Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993, ill. p. 267.

Leal 1994

Paloma Esteban Leal. Benjamín Palencia y el arte nuevo: obras 1919-1936. Valencia: Bancaja, 1994. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 28, as Composition symétrique en rouge et blanc.

Gradowczyk 1995

Gradowczyk, Mario H. "Torres García y Xul Solar: ¿Alegoría o Simbolismo?" Criterio año LXVIII, no. 2164 (October 26, 1995), ill. p. 591.

Maslach 1998

Maslach, Adolfo. Joaquín Torres-García: sol y luna del arcano. Caracas: UNESCO, 1998, ill. detail p. 354, no. 206.

Gradowczyk 2007

Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 236, no. 6.82.

Bozal 2013

Bozal, Valeriano. Historia de la pintura y la escultura del siglo XX en España - Vol. I: 1900-1939. Madrid: Antonio Machado, 2013, p. 170, as Composición simétrica en rojo y blanco.

Record last updated May 9, 2015. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: de Torres, Cecilia, Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti. "Composition symétrique en rouge et blanc, 1932 (1932.67)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1130 (accessed on July 14, 2025).